Durability of Wearable Antennas Based on Nonwoven Conductive Fabrics: Experimental Study on Resistance to Washing and Ironing

Table 2

Comparison between gain measured at 2.5 GHz before and after the durability tests.

Prototype (with the reflector)	Max. gain (dB); @ 2.5 GHz,  = 90°
	Before	After
Fabric #1	5.23	4.28
Fabric #2	5.54	4.40
Fabric #3	5.70	3.73